Meaning of BOLUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'bowlus
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- [n] a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
- [n] a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
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| | See Also: | | ball, globe, lozenge, orb, pill, tablet | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bo"lus\, n.; pl. {Boluses}. [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G.
? lump of earth. See {Bole}, n., clay.]
A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A single dose of drug usually injected into a blood vessel over a short period of time. Also called bolus infusion. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | - A mass of chewed food.
- Any mass or blob travelling through a tube.
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| | Related Terms: | | ball, balloon, bite, bladder, blob, boll, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, capsule, champ, chaw, chew, chomp, cud, ellipsoid, geoid, globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gnash, gob, gobbet, knob, knot, lozenge, morsel, mouthful, munch, nibble, nip, oblate spheroid, orb, orbit, orblet, pellet, pill, prolate spheroid, quid, rondure, snap, sphere, spheroid, spherule, swallow, tablet, troche |
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